By Fattening Up A Bit, Ballerinas Are Saving Their Art And ThemselvesDeirdre Kelly: "Medical experts have, since the 1970s when Balanchine-inspired eating disorders first started decimating the ballerina population, quite forcefully determined that ballet's tyranny of thin is detrimental to dancers' health. ... Ballerinas today are again embracing the breasts and hips which first made them objects of desire way back in the day."
The Huffington Post 10/18/12